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Gallup Poll: 66% of Americans support continuing the Bush tax rates and extending unemployment benefits -- (link)

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Dec 9 '10, 06:29

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the deep political divide was evident in the poll: 85 percent of Republicans supported extension of tax cuts; 52 percent of Democrats did. 84 percent of Democrats supported the extension of unemployment benefits; 43 percent of Republicans felt the same (www.npr.org)

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and how many do think the moon landings were fake? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 9, 06:44
This is because most america has no idea who the tax cuts affect (case in point my tea party relatives) -- nm - MDH Dec 9, 06:39
sure, if you insist on qrguing from a false dichotomy. -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 06:36
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- Heh, you said "hostage package". - Amy Dec 9, 07:25
- That article is from >3 months ago, the data in my IM is more accurate as of today. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 06:39 14
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    - You're the lawyer. :) What's the difference between that data and my IM taken from the Gallup Poll? - Strongbad Dec 9, 06:45 11
      - his avoids the false dilemma presented by Gallup by including the policy options that were actually under consideration, rather than presenting it as - znufrii Dec 9, 06:54 6
        
        same question I raised to Jack below - Strongbad Dec 9, 06:57 5
        
        I'm ignoring the unemployment question altogether, and focusing solely on their approach to the tax cut issue. - znufrii Dec 9, 06:59 4
        
        They included the middle option. That's 1 primary difference, yes. - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:07 3
        
        and all I'm saying is that the false dilemma explains the difference. The results are not comparable as they are not actually asking the same question - znufrii Dec 9, 07:10 2
        
        I understand. Jack's use of the word "hostage package" above made me think both of you were including the unemployment benefits + the tax extension. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:14 1
        
        My mistake was assuming you and Jack were coming from the same angle. - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:19
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        Read my original link - Strongbad Dec 9, 06:50
      - 85% of Republicans can't figure out how budgets work. (nm) - Will Hunting Dec 9, 06:47 1
        
        I was hoping for a serious response... I'll resume the snarkiness if that's how we're playing today. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 06:50
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